The Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition Northeast Regional was held on Saturday, October 5, at Brooklyn Law School. Thanks to everyone who took part, especially the volunteer attorneys who served as judges. The Hon. Marilyn D. Go, United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New York, served as a judge in the final round and reminded us that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the moot court competition, named after the late Hon. Thomas Tang of the 9th Circuit. We believe Judge Tang would be proud of the generations of APA law students and attorneys who continue to be inspired by this competition, which has drawn students not just from all across the United States but from other countries.

We want to thank in particular Francis Chin and Sam Yee who volunteered time out of their busy schedules to be the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition Coordinators for the Northeast Regional.

Here are the final results:

Best Brief

Team 05P            Lawson Huynh  Jonathan Yi         St. Johns University

Best Speaker

Jonathan Yi         St. Johns University

Semi-Finalists

Team 01P            Benjamin Hostetter        Christopher Oliver           Florida Coastal

Team 06R            Ona Lu  Julie  Kwon         Brooklyn Law School 

Finalist

Team 02R            Samantha Marriott          Betsy Dobbins   Florida Coastal

Champion

Team 05P            Lawson Huynh  Jonathan Yi         St. Johns University

The regional champions will go on to compete at the NAPABA national convention next month in Kansas City. If you will be going and can help as a judge, please contact Hemanth Digumarthi <[email protected]>, the national coordinator. If you are able to help moot the regional champions here in New York City, please let Sam Yee know at [email protected].